Andrew's Hawk P-6E **Finished**

[TobyC]

Oh yeah... um ..... do the blue one!

Good idea as the Boeing I'm doing will be the now very passé yellow

[AndrewR]

I have a cunning plan!

[AndrewR]

I painted the pilot today. Once he's finished, then I can put him in the cockpit and get the fuselage together.



He has a big peg sticking out from one leg which fits into a socket in one of the fuselage halves, so he can't be slotted in later!

cheers


Andrew

[AndrewR]

I put the pilot in and glued the two fuselage halves together. Fit was good.





Then add the lower wings, and cowling top.



I won't mount the rudder permanently yet, becuase I need to paint it too different colours, so it will be easier to mask as a separate piece


I've also tried the top wing as a push fit. It takes a little pushing to get the cabane struts located properly





The main snag encountered so far is that part 11, the radiator shroud was missing. I've scratchbuilt a new one from a few strips of plastic card.





That didn't take long!

cheers

Andrew

[Stuart]

Thats looking really nice Andrew! A nice bit of recovery with that intake!

I do like the way these Biplane kits go together.

[AndrewR]

Thats looking really nice Andrew! A nice bit of recovery with that intake!

I do like the way these Biplane kits go together.

It goes together well. Filling the wing roots is tricky with the integrally moulded wheel struts!





cheers

Andrew

[AndrewR]

Primed and the wings painted yellow too



Flash photo so the colours aren't true to life.

[Stuart]

That's coming together nicely Andrew - Did you paint the yellow right over the yello plastic or did you prime it first?

[AndrewR]

That's coming together nicely Andrew - Did you paint the yellow right over the yello plastic or did you prime it first?

Primed first. Utterly essential!

[K5083]

Looking good. Will you be rigging this one? I stalled on my build of this kit partly because I have no idea how to do rigging with the spreader bars in the middle of the flying and landing wires.

August

[AndrewR]

I'm still thinking about double rigging!







cheers


Andrew

[tonp]

Never used air brushing, looks to technical for me , a great looking little plane with great colours.

[TimJ]

Great job so far.

[Clashcityrocker]

Colourful subject. Looks nice.

Nigel

[AndrewR]

Never used air brushing, looks to technical for me , a great looking little plane with great colours.

I usually airbrush now, because I can get better finishes that way. But my airbrush setup has the compressor on the ground, and I don't want to do much stooping and bending.

I only use Vallejo acrylics through the airbrush, so cleaning is a doddle.

This scheme would require some tricky masking if I was airbrushing though!

A bit more paint on, and posed with upper wing in place, but not glued









cheers

Andrew